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... volume is ap- pended the play of the Bottle Conjuror , commemorative of that event . The volume , however , is so rare that it has escaped the notice of all the editors of the Biographia Dramatica . AMERICA , A CENTURY SINCE ! In 1755 ...
... volume is ap- pended the play of the Bottle Conjuror , commemorative of that event . The volume , however , is so rare that it has escaped the notice of all the editors of the Biographia Dramatica . AMERICA , A CENTURY SINCE ! In 1755 ...
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... volume , cr . 8vo . 3s Atlas to History of Europe , by A. K. Johnston , with a concise Vocabulary of Military and Marine Terms , oblong , 31. 6d ALMANACK of Science and Art for 1856 , cr . 8vo . 2s 6d ANDERSON'S ( Rev. J. S. M. ) ...
... volume , cr . 8vo . 3s Atlas to History of Europe , by A. K. Johnston , with a concise Vocabulary of Military and Marine Terms , oblong , 31. 6d ALMANACK of Science and Art for 1856 , cr . 8vo . 2s 6d ANDERSON'S ( Rev. J. S. M. ) ...
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... volume . The early volumes are the most valuable . 87 BERNI'S Orlando Innamorato , translated and interspersed with Extracts by W. S. Rose , post 8vo . cloth , 28 6d 1823 88 BERNIER'S ( F. ) Travels in the Mogul Empire in 1654 , & c ...
... volume . The early volumes are the most valuable . 87 BERNI'S Orlando Innamorato , translated and interspersed with Extracts by W. S. Rose , post 8vo . cloth , 28 6d 1823 88 BERNIER'S ( F. ) Travels in the Mogul Empire in 1654 , & c ...
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... volume , £ 1 . 5s ( said to be pub . at £ 4 . 4s ) Braunschweig , 1840 482 GUY Earl of Warwick , the noble and renowned History of , edited from a rare edition , by J. Merridew , engravings , post 8vo . bds . 58 Chiswick Press , 1821 ...
... volume , £ 1 . 5s ( said to be pub . at £ 4 . 4s ) Braunschweig , 1840 482 GUY Earl of Warwick , the noble and renowned History of , edited from a rare edition , by J. Merridew , engravings , post 8vo . bds . 58 Chiswick Press , 1821 ...
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... Volume , a most cu- rious collection , 4to . old calf , £ 3 . 38 1626 , & c . This collection appears to have been made in the reign of Charles II . Included is a curious manuscript catalogue , with the prices of each tract , and the ...
... Volume , a most cu- rious collection , 4to . old calf , £ 3 . 38 1626 , & c . This collection appears to have been made in the reign of Charles II . Included is a curious manuscript catalogue , with the prices of each tract , and the ...
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